I didn’t watch it. Not then. I just stared at the file size. 1.2 GB. Exactly the same as the RAM in my laptop. And I could have sworn, for just a second, the little red jumpsuit icon in the folder thumbnail winked at me.
Outside, a taxi idled. Its roof sign didn’t say “Available.” It said HDMovies4u . I never ordered a cab. HDMovies4u.Taxi-Money.Heist.S04.E03.WebRip.720p...
I clicked download. A progress bar yawned to life. 1%... 2%... then the screen flickered. Not the usual pixel stutter of a dying laptop, but a deep flicker, like the lights in a city just before a blackout. I didn’t watch it
I heard sirens—no, those were my parents’ smoke alarm (I’d left a pizza in the oven). The basement door creaked. Footsteps. Outside, a taxi idled